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Amazon Expands Prime Video

by Tom Allen

Amazon will launch its Prime Instant Video VoD service in France, Italy and Spain simultaneously, before the end of the year. The news comes from French newspaper Le Figaro.

Tags:Amazon| France| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Spain| VOD| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Mediaset Moves to UHD

by Tom Allen

Italian broadcaster Mediaset will launch Italy’s first UltraHD sports channel on the 28th May – coinciding with the Champions League final. Mediaset Premium Sport 4k will be distributed via terrestrial broadcasting.

Tags:4k| Italy| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Eizo Chooses Pico

by Tom Allen

Eizo has taken on Pico as a distributor in Italy.

Tags:Distribution| Eizo| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Tech Data Mobile distributes FitBit

by Tom Allen

Tech Data Mobile is now distributing FitBit fitness trackers in Italy.

Tags:Distribution| Fitbit| Fitness Trackers| Italy| Mobile Display Monitor| TechData| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Sky Takes V-Nova in Italy

by Tom Allen

Sky will use V-Nova’s Perseus codec on its IPTV platform in Italy, resulting in a halving of the average bitrate from 8Mbps to 4Mbps. One of the most important points about the news is …

Tags:Encoders| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| V-Nova| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Panasonic Showcases ‘Kukan’ at Milan Design Festival

by Tom Allen

Panasonic has supplied 140 of its TH-55LFV5 displays (1920 x 1080, 55″, 500 cd/m²) for an installation at Milano Salone 2016 (12th – 17th April). The installation is named ‘Kukan – The Invention of …

Tags:Back Panel| DOOH| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Rai and Eutelsat Bring Live UHD to Italy

by Tom Allen

Italian public broadcaster Rai is working with Eutelsat to show seven matches from the Euro 2016 football tournament, in UltraHD on the Tivùsat free-to-view platform. The matches will be broadcast live via satellite, starting …

Tags:4k| Broadcast| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Ofcom

700MHz Discussion is Ongoing Across Europee

by Tom Allen

UK regulator Ofcom has described plans to clear DTT services out of the 700MHz spectrum by Q2 in 2020. Two documents are available: ‘Maximising the benefits of 700MHz clearance’ (http://tinyurl.com/z3s97zq) and ‘Management of transitional …

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Rai Working With Eutelsat on UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Italian public broadcaster Rai is working with Eutelsat to trial UltraHD broadcasts. Although Rai has not shared any more details, it has purchased the TV rights to (eventually) air 23 of the games from …

Tags:4k| Broadcast| Italy| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Clear Channel Updates Fiumicino with Absen

by Tom Allen

Aeroporti di Roma appointed Clear Channel Italy to update the advertising programme in Rome’s Fiumicino Airport in December 2013 – a project that has now been completed, with LED displays from Absen. Jonathan Goldsmid …

Tags:Absen| Aviation| DOOH| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 09

fujitsu

Cometa Takes Fujitsu

by Tom Allen

Cometa is now distributing Fujitsu’s PCs, notebooks, displays and other products in the central and southern parts of Italy.

Tags:Distribution| Fujitsu| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| PCs| Vol 23 - Issue 09